Aeluroscalabotes felinus (Günther, 1864) is a animal in the Eublepharidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Aeluroscalabotes felinus (Günther, 1864)

Aeluroscalabotes felinus (Günther, 1864)

Aeluroscalabotes felinus, the cat gecko, is a primitive lightly built gecko with distinct color patterns, reaching around 18 cm long.

Family
Genus
Aeluroscalabotes
Order
Class
Squamata

About Aeluroscalabotes felinus (Günther, 1864)

The cat gecko, with the scientific name Aeluroscalabotes felinus (Günther, 1864), is a lightly built gecko. It is typically red-brown in color, with white spots across its body and solid white coloring under its chin; this solid white coloring sometimes extends to the belly. Some individual cat geckos have brown blotches along the back. This species is considered one of the more primitive types of gecko, and its body structure is quite physically similar to the few known early gecko fossils that have been discovered. Cat geckos can grow to around 18 cm (7 inches) in total length, and males are smaller than females.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Eublepharidae Aeluroscalabotes

More from Eublepharidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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